Education:

Stanford Law School (J.D., 1987)
Stanford University (B.A., 1983)

 

Admissions:

Florida
California
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

 

Honors:

Best Verdicts of 2004 South Florida Business Journal
AV Rated Martindale Hubbell™
Florida Superlawyers, Florida Superlawyer Magazine, 2007
Florida Superlawyers, Florida Superlawyer Magazine, 2006
Best of the Bar Florida Trend Magazine 2005
Best of the Bar Miami Daily Business Review 2005
Best of the Bar South Florida Business Journal 2003 and 2004

 

 

Jeffrey B. Maltzman is a founding partner and principal of the firm.  Before founding Maltzman Foreman, he was also a name partner with Kaye, Rose & Maltzman, a law firm headquartered in San Diego, California. He is a former Judge Pro Tem of the Municipal Court of California, San Diego County.

 

Mr. Maltzman specializes in all aspects of complex commercial litigation, admiralty, insurance defense, corporate crisis management, and media relations. In his 20 years of practicing law, he has accumulated extensive experience handling mass casualty cases, class actions, products and premises liability matters, sexual assault, negligent security, and medical malpractice. Additionally, he has substantial trial experience, specializing in tort litigation involving cruise ships and other blue and brown water vessels, labor and employment matters, complex commercial litigation, medical malpractice, product liability, and insurance defense.

 

Moreover, Mr. Maltzman is experienced in matters involving gaming, sexual assault, and class action litigation.  He has also represented manufacturers’ and insurers’ interests in shoreside product liability and premises liability cases.  He is frequently called upon by clients to assist them with major crisis management and helps companies respond timely to major mass casualty or other high profile crisis.  At client's request, he frequently appears in the media to represent companies on CNN, Court TV and other major television networks.    

 

Outside the courtroom, he frequently lectures on a wide array of maritime human resources and tort issues. He also provides training to both shoreside and shipboard employees on issues such as diversity and sexual harassment.  In 1996, he assisted in drafting successful federal and state legislation, including two maritime tort reform bills and The Cruise Ship Revitalization Act. Mr. Maltzman has participated in drafting position papers for circulation on Capitol Hill on behalf of industry trade groups concerning the effect of proposed legislation.

 

Jeffrey is happily married and has two children. His hobbies include boating, skiing, scuba diving and snorkeling. Jeffrey is an avid boater and enjoys SCUBA, snorkeling and skiing. 

 

 

Publications:

“Shipboard Medical Care,” 10 Benedict on Admiralty, Chapter 9 (7th rev. ed. 2001)
“Twas the Night Before Regulations: Foreign-Flagged Cruise Ships and the ADA,” 75 Tulane Law Review 1571 (2001)
“Islands in the Sun, Cruise Line Liability for Water Activities on Private Islands,” University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal, (2001)
“Jobs in Paradise: The Definitive Guide to Exotic Jobs Everywhere,” HarperCollins Publishers, 1990, 1993